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Viktoria Mullova
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Viktoria Mullova (Виктория Муллова) (born Zhukovsky, Russia, November 27, 1959) is a highly regarded violinist, living in U.K. since leaving the Soviet Union in 1983. After studying at the Central Music School of Moscow and at the Moscow Conservatoire under Leonid Kogan, she won first prize at the 1980 International Jean Sibelius Violin Competition in Helsinki and the Gold Medal at the International Tchaikovsky Competition in 1982. Whilst on tour in Finland in 1983, Mullova fled to Haaparanta, Sweden, and then to the United States, after she applied for political asylum and obtained an American visa. Mullova has made many recordings, including composition by: Brahms, Bartók, Janácek, Debussy, Vivaldi, Bach, Shostakovich, Prokofiev, Tchaikovsky, Sibelius (her debut recording, a performance of violin concertos by both Tchaikovsky and Sibelius was awarded the Grand Prix du Disque). She formed the Mullova Chamber Ensemble in the mid-1990s. The ensemble has toured Italy, Germany, and the Netherlands and has recorded the Bach violin concertos on Philips Classics. She was nominated for a 1995 Grammy Award for her recording of the Bach Partitas, and she won a 1995 Echo Klassik award, a Japanese Record Academy Award and a Deutsche Schallplattenkritik prize for her recording of the Brahms concerto. Her recording of the Brahms B major Trio (No 1) and Beethoven's Archduke Trio with Andre Previn and Heinrich Schiff was released in 1995, receiving a further Diapason d'Or. Mullova's int
top songs
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Sonata in G, BWV 1021 for violin and continuo: Vivace
5,2332Vivaldi - Concerto in C Major RV 187: III Allegro
2,6783Vivaldi - Concerto in D Major "Grosso Mogul" RV 208: III Allegro
1,8314Vivaldi - Concerto in C Major RV 187: I Allegro
1,7545Vivaldi - Concerto in E Minor "Il favorito" RV 277: III Allegro
1,6256Sonata in G, BWV 1019 for violin and harpsichord: Allegro
1,2417Sonata in A, BWV 1015 for violin and harpsichord: Allegro
1,1318Sonata in C minor, BWV 1017 for violin and harpsichord: Adagio
1,0059Stravinsky - Suite Italienne (after Pulcinella): Gavotte con due variazioni - Allegretto - Allegretto piu tosto moderato
84910Vivaldi - Concerto in C Major RV 187: II Largo ma non molto
708albums
J.S. Bach: Sonatas for Violin and Harpsichord
Vivaldi 5 Violin Concertos
Viktoria Mullova, Katia Labeque: Recital
Bach: 6 Solo Sonatas & Partitas
Through the looking glass
Vivaldi: Concertos for two Violins
Bach: Concertos
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Ravel: Violin Sonata / Prokofiev: Violin Sonata No. 2 / Stravinsky: Divertimento
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Paganini: Violin Concerto No. 1 / Vieuxtemps: Violin Concerto No. 5
Stradivarius in Rio
Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 1 / Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 2
Arvo Pärt